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By way of contrast - not only does the London underground have countdown clocks on platforms (accuracy +/- 1 minute), they also have an API allowing 3rd party d
by scoot 11y ago
By way of contrast - not only does the London underground have countdown clocks on platforms (accuracy +/- 1 minute), they also have an API allowing 3rd party developers to integrate tube (and bus) times into transport apps.
https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/open-data-users/ https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/open-data-users/
- chimeracoder 11y ago> By way of contrast - not only does the London underground have countdown clocks on platforms (accuracy +/- 1 minute), they also have an API allowing 3rd party developers to integrate tube (and bus) times into transport apps. The MTA has countdown close, just only on the IRT lines. And the MTA has an API for both subway and bus times.
- fennecfoxen 11y agoFor what it's worth, the London Underground has significantly less complicated interlocking patterns (with more transfers between trains instead). Check out some of these crazy layouts, like the Dekalb area or the 47-63rd St map: http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway_Track_Maps http://www.nycsubway.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway_Track_Map...
- Symbiote 11y agoLondon Underground doesn't yet have CBTC on the complicated lines, though it's in progress and due to be completed in 2022. The cost is over £5 billion, which based on the numbers in the article doesn't seem a likely level of investment for NYC. They try and explain it to the public: https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/behind-the-scenes/signalling https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/tube-improvements/behind-the-sce...